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| EP3481467 - METHOD FOR REDUCING AN AMOUNT OF SUBVISIBLE PARTICLES IN A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION [Right-click to bookmark this link] | Status | The patent has been granted Status updated on 31.01.2025 Database last updated on 26.03.2026 | |
| Former | Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 01.10.2024 | ||
| Former | Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.07.2022 | ||
| Former | Request for examination was made Status updated on 12.04.2019 | ||
| Former | The international publication has been made Status updated on 20.01.2018 | ||
| Former | unknown Status updated on 19.07.2017 | Most recent event Tooltip | 07.02.2026 | Change - representative | Applicant(s) | For all designated states Becton Dickinson France 11, Rue Aristide Bergès 38800 Le Pont-de-Claix / FR | [2019/20] | Inventor(s) | 01 /
CHEVOLLEAU, Tzvetelina 68 Rue des Moutonnées 38120 Saint-Égrève / FR | 02 /
FREMON, Benoit 300 chemin de l'eparaz 38410 Saint Martin d'Uriage / FR | 03 /
HAMEL, Jean-Bernard 58 Route du Vercors 38500 Saint-Cassien / FR | 04 /
JOUFFRAY, Sébastien 111 Allée Pras-Bert 38410 Saint Martin d'Uriage / FR | [2024/44] |
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CHEVOLLEAU, Tzvetelina 68 Rue des Moutonnées 38120 Saint Egreve / FR | ||
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FREMON, Benoit 300 chemin de l'eparaz 38410 Saint Martin d'Uriage / FR | |||
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HAMEL, Jean-Bernard 58 Route du Vercors 38500 Saint Cassien / FR | |||
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JOUFFRAY, Sébastien 111 Allée Pras-Bert 38410 Saint Martin d'Uriage / FR | |||
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CHEVOLLEAU, Tzvetelina 68 Rue des Moutonnées 38120 Saint Egreve / FR | ||
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FREMON, Benoit 12 Rue Joya 38000 Grenoble / FR | |||
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HAMEL, Jean-Bernard 58 Route du Vercors 38500 Saint Cassien / FR | |||
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JOUFFRAY, Sébastien 111 Allée Pras-Bert 38410 Saint Martin d'Uriage / FR | Representative(s) | Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB Siebertstraße 4 81675 München / DE | [N/P] |
| Former [2019/20] | Regimbeau 20, rue de Chazelles 75847 Paris Cedex 17 / FR | Application number, filing date | 17737283.6 | 11.07.2017 | [2019/20] | WO2017EP67368 | Priority number, date | EP20160305874 | 11.07.2016 Original published format: EP 16305874 | [2019/20] | Filing language | EN | Procedural language | EN | Publication | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | WO2018011190 | Date: | 18.01.2018 | Language: | EN | [2018/03] | Type: | A1 Application with search report | No.: | EP3481467 | Date: | 15.05.2019 | Language: | EN | The application published by WIPO in one of the EPO official languages on 18.01.2018 takes the place of the publication of the European patent application. | [2019/20] | Type: | B1 Patent specification | No.: | EP3481467 | Date: | 05.03.2025 | Language: | EN | [2025/10] | Search report(s) | International search report - published on: | EP | 18.01.2018 | Classification | IPC: | A61M5/31 | [2019/20] | CPC: |
A61M5/3129 (EP,CN,KR,US);
A61M5/178 (CN);
A61M5/3134 (KR,US);
A61M5/315 (CN);
A61M5/31513 (CN);
B05D3/007 (CN);
B05D3/148 (CN);
B05D5/00 (CN);
A61M2005/3117 (KR,US);
A61M2005/3131 (EP,CN,KR,US);
A61M2005/31516 (US);
A61M2205/0222 (KR,US);
A61M2205/0238 (CN,KR,US)
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| Designated contracting states | AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR [2019/20]
| Extension states | BA | Not yet paid | ME | Not yet paid | Validation states | MA | Not yet paid | MD | Not yet paid | Title | German: | VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG EINER GESCHMIERTEN MEDIZINISCHEN INJEKTIONSVORRICHTUNG | [2024/41] | English: | METHOD FOR REDUCING AN AMOUNT OF SUBVISIBLE PARTICLES IN A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION | [2019/20] | French: | PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION D'UN DISPOSITIF D'INJECTION MÉDICALE LUBRIFIÉ | [2024/41] |
| Former [2019/20] | VERFAHREN ZUR REDUZIERUNG EINER MENGE VON SUBVISIBLEN TEILCHEN IN EINER PHARMAZEUTISCHEN ZUSAMMENSETZUNG | ||
| Former [2019/20] | PROCÉDÉ DE RÉDUCTION D'UNE QUANTITÉ DE PARTICULES DE TAILLE INFÉRIEURE AU VISIBLE DANS UNE COMPOSITION PHARMACEUTIQUE | Entry into regional phase | 08.01.2019 | National basic fee paid | 08.01.2019 | Designation fee(s) paid | 08.01.2019 | Examination fee paid | Examination procedure | 08.01.2019 | Examination requested [2019/20] | 08.01.2019 | Date on which the examining division has become responsible | 23.08.2019 | Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description) | 18.07.2022 | Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04) | 29.08.2022 | Reply to a communication from the examining division | 28.08.2024 | Cancellation of oral proceeding that was planned for 05.09.2024 | 05.09.2024 | Date of oral proceedings (cancelled) | 02.10.2024 | Communication of intention to grant the patent | 27.01.2025 | Fee for grant paid | 27.01.2025 | Fee for publishing/printing paid | 27.01.2025 | Receipt of the translation of the claim(s) | Opposition(s) | Opponent(s) | 01
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ADMISSIBLE Stevanato Group S.p.A. Via Molinella, 17 35017 Piombino Dese (PD) / IT Opponent's representative Porta & Consulenti Associati S.p.A. Via Winckelmann, 1 20146 Milano / IT | [2026/03] | 17.12.2025 | Invitation to proprietor to file observations on the notice of opposition | Fees paid | Renewal fee | 22.07.2019 | Renewal fee patent year 03 | 22.07.2020 | Renewal fee patent year 04 | 20.07.2021 | Renewal fee patent year 05 | 21.07.2022 | Renewal fee patent year 06 | 20.07.2023 | Renewal fee patent year 07 | 23.07.2024 | Renewal fee patent year 08 |
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| Former [2025/33] | RS | 05.06.2025 | Cited in | International search | [XI] US2002012741 (HEINZ JOCHEN et al.) | [X] US6296893 (HEINZ JOCHEN et al.) | [XI] WO2015181173 (BECTON DICKINSON FRANCE et al.) [X] 1,2,5-10 * figures 1,2 * * paragraphs [0011] - [0016] - [0 21] , [0 22] , [0 24] , [0 25] , [0 32] , [0 35] * * paragraphs [0036] , [0 38] - [0040] - [0 47] , [0 49] - [0051] * * claims 1-6 *[I] 3,4 | [X] WO2011092536 (BECTON DICKINSON FRANCE et al.) [X] 1,2,6-9 * figure 1 * * column 3, line 66 - column 4, line 31 * * column 5, line 5 - column 5, line 55 * | by applicant | US6296893 | WO2013045571 | Opposition | WO2013045571 | US6296893 | WO2013167617 | THORNTON JACKSON D., DANIEL E. JONSEN, VINAJ SAKHRANI: " NEXT-GENERATION LUBRICATION SOLUTIONS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PACKAGING", TRIBOFILM RESEARCH, 1 January 2015 (2015-01-01), XP093347689, Retrieved from the Internet | CHAN E., HUBBARD A., SANE S., MAA Y.-F.: "Syringe Siliconization Process Investigation and Optimization", PDA JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PARENTERAL DRUG ASSOCIATION, US, vol. 66, no. 2, 1 March 2012 (2012-03-01), US , pages 136 - 150, XP093289214, ISSN: 1079-7440, DOI: 10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00856 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5731/pdajpst.2012.00856 | ANONYMOUS: "Stainless steel needle tubing for the manufacture of medical devices -Requirements and test methods", INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO9626; SECOND EDITION 2016-08-01, 1 January 2016 (2016-01-01), pages 1 - 12, XP093306566 | D5 - TECHNICAL REPORT - MODELING OF 1ML LONG SYRINGES FOR DETERMINING THEIR INNER SURFACES | ANONYMOUS: "ISO 11040-4 Third addition 2015-04.01 Prefilled syringes - Part 4: Glass barrels for injectables and sterilized subassembled syringes ready for filling, ANNEX E", ISO STANDARD, vol. ISO 11040-4:2015, 1 April 2015 (2015-04-01), pages 1 - 52, XP009513732 |